How to format your references using the International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials citation style

This is a short guide how to format citations and the bibliography in a manuscript for International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials. For a complete guide how to prepare your manuscript refer to the journal's instructions to authors.

Using reference management software

Typically you don't format your citations and bibliography by hand. The easiest way is to use a reference manager:

Paperpile	The citation style is built in and you can choose it in Settings > Citation Style or Paperpile > Citation Style in Google Docs.
EndNote	Find the style here: output styles overview
Mendeley, Zotero, Papers, and others	The style is either built in or you can download a CSL file that is supported by most references management programs.
BibTeX	BibTeX syles are usually part of a LaTeX template. Check the instructions to authors if the publisher offers a LaTeX template for this journal.

Journal articles

Those examples are references to articles in scholarly journals and how they are supposed to appear in your bibliography.

Not all journals organize their published articles in volumes and issues, so these fields are optional. Some electronic journals do not provide a page range, but instead list an article identifier. In a case like this it's safe to use the article identifier instead of the page range.

A journal article with 1 author

Misumi, K. (2015). Biogeochemistry: Iron’s voyage from the abyss. Nature, 523(7559), 160–161.

A journal article with 2 authors

Davidson, A. L., & Chen, J. (2005). Structural biology. Flipping lipids: is the third time the charm? Science (New York, N.Y.), 308(5724), 963–965.

A journal article with 3 authors

Copley, A., Avouac, J.-P., & Wernicke, B. P. (2011). Evidence for mechanical coupling and strong Indian lower crust beneath southern Tibet. Nature, 472(7341), 79–81.

A journal article with 8 or more authors

Sekiyama, A., Iwasaki, T., Matsuda, K., Saitoh, Y., Onuki, Y., & Suga, S. (2000). Probing bulk states of correlated electron systems by high-resolution resonance photoemission. Nature, 403(6768), 396–398.

Books and book chapters

Here are examples of references for authored and edited books as well as book chapters.

An authored book

Qiu, X., Ding, C., & Hu, D. (2013). Bistatic SAR Data Processing Algorithms. Solaris South Tower, Singapore: John Wiley & Sons Singapore Pte. Ltd.

An edited book

Clauss-Ehlers, C. S., Serpell, Z. N., & Weist, M. D. (Eds.). (2013). Handbook of Culturally Responsive School Mental Health: Advancing Research, Training, Practice, and Policy. New York, NY: Springer.

A chapter in an edited book

van der Lans, A. (2013). Business Process Management (BPM): The Information Loop. In P. Baan (Ed.), Enterprise Information Management: When Information Becomes Inspiration (pp. 101–123). New York, NY: Springer.

Web sites

Sometimes references to web sites should appear directly in the text rather than in the bibliography. Refer to the Instructions to authors for International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials.

Blog post

Andrew, E. (2015, March 19). Terminator-Style 3D Printer Materializes Objects From Pools Of Liquid. IFLScience. IFLScience. Accessed 30 October 2018

Reports

This example shows the general structure used for government reports, technical reports, and scientific reports. If you can't locate the report number then it might be better to cite the report as a book. For reports it is usually not individual people that are credited as authors, but a governmental department or agency like "U. S. Food and Drug Administration" or "National Cancer Institute".

Government report

Government Accountability Office. (1992). Stafford Student Loans: Prompt Payment of Origination Fees Could Reduce Costs (No. HRD-92-61). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office.

Theses and dissertations

Theses including Ph.D. dissertations, Master's theses or Bachelor theses follow the basic format outlined below.

Doctoral dissertation

Abraham, E. D. (2015). A mental health community outreach and education program for Nigerian immigrants: A grant writing project (Doctoral dissertation). California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA.

News paper articles

Unlike scholarly journals, news papers do not usually have a volume and issue number. Instead, the full date and page number is required for a correct reference.

New York Times article

Goldsmith, J. (2017, March 15). Yes, We Are Holding Trump Accountable. New York Times, p. A23.

In-text citations

References should be cited in the text by name and year in parentheses:

This sentence cites one reference (Misumi 2015).
This sentence cites two references (Davidson and Chen 2005; Misumi 2015).

Here are examples of in-text citations with multiple authors:

Two authors: (Davidson and Chen 2005)
Three or more authors: (Sekiyama et al. 2000)

About the journal

Full journal title	International Journal of Concrete Structures and Materials
Abbreviation	Int. J. Concr. Struct. Mater.
ISSN (print)	1976-0485
ISSN (online)	2234-1315
Scope	Civil and Structural Engineering Ocean Engineering